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Object Number 37-77-50/2610
Display Title Wooden ceremonial spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, carved, double bowled, incised handle, fiber tie, blackened exterior
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 11 x 5 cm (15 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2610
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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